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Global Highways of Invasive Marine Species Calculated
May 5, 2013 — New research has mapped the most detailed forecast to date for importing potentially harmful invasive species with the ballast water of cargo ... > full story -
Sahara Olive Tree: Genetic Heritage to Be Preserved
May 3, 2013 — The Saharan cousin of Mediterranean olive trees remains largely unknown. However, this subspecies (called the Laperinne's olive tree) is of great interest for several reasons. Researchers have shown ... > full story -
Boom in Jellyfish: Overfishing Called Into Question
May 3, 2013 — Will we soon be forced to eat jellyfish? Since the beginning of the 2000s, these gelatinous creatures have invaded many of the world's seas, like the Japan Sea, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, ... > full story -
Is the Humble Fig More Than Just a Fruit?
May 2, 2013 — Figs and fig trees are familiar to a wide cross-section of human society, both as a common food and for their spiritual importance. What is less well understood is the global nature of this ... > full story -
Midwestern Frogs Decline, Mammal Populations Altered by Invasive Plant, Studies Reveal
May 1, 2013 — Researchers have discovered a new culprit contributing to amphibian decline and altered mammal distribution throughout the Midwest region -- the invasive plant European ... > full story -
Amphibians Living Close to Farm Fields Are More Resistant to Common Insecticides
May 1, 2013 — Amphibian populations living close to agricultural fields have become more resistant to a common insecticide and are actually resistant to multiple common insecticides, according to two recent ... > full story -
Traditional Ranching Practices Enhance African Savanna
May 1, 2013 — That human land use destroys natural ecosystems is an oft-cited assumption in conservation, but ecologists have discovered that instead, traditional ranching techniques in the African savanna enhance ... > full story -
'Dirty Dozen' Invasive Species Threaten UK
May 1, 2013 — Parts of the UK are at greater risk of invasion by non-native aquatic species than previously thought, according to new research. The first to include human factors in models used to predict where ... > full story -
Cheating Favors Extinction, Yeast Study Finds: Feedback Between Population and Evolutionary Dynamics
April 30, 2013 — Cooperative behavior is widely observed in nature, but there remains the possibility that 'cheaters' can exploit the system, with uncertain consequences for the social unit as a whole. A new study ... > full story -
In the Northeast, Forests With Entirely Native Flora Are Not the Norm
April 30, 2013 — Two-thirds of all forest inventory plots in the Northeast and Midwestern United States contain at least one non-native plant species, a new US Forest Service study found. The study across two dozen ... > full story
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